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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1910
Page
5
Wellman citizens approved the interurban franchise and schoolhouse question in a Monday night election. The incorporation would extend from Dayte road north to the creek and east to Varney road, west to the tile factory, adding about 150000 to taxable property with hope of a new schoolhouse.
Local residents and visitors travel between Washington Brighton Fairfield Keota and Des Moines for family visits business and events. Notes mention school start approaching and a Passion Play description by Rev J F Robertson.
Hood de scribes recount a nurseryman selling a simple flower as Rhodum sidus. The name draws ladies and makes the plant a fashion fad. A botanist asks for the origin and the nurseryman explains he found the flower by the road and named it Rhodum sidus.
A customer rejects a shop’s under icebox pan alternative, saying his wife insists on the exact item. He leaves, noting he will buy elsewhere, as a sales clerk offers an acceptable substitute. The exchange mirrors a humorous wartime era retail dilemma.
During a heavy rain, an Irish farmer sends his boy to fetch a horse from a distant field. The boy returns soaked, claiming the horse stood sheltered and dry, prompting the farmer to blame the boy yet praise his knowledge.
Boungy urges a brisk walk on the ship deck while Klabber grouses about an empty stomach. The Chicago Tribune quotes the dialogue as the two passengers discuss breakfast delays and the need to move about.
In Art Circles the owner cites a painting as by an old master while a critical visitor challenges the claim asking what the master was known for. The exchange captures a clash between pride in a work and skepticism about attribution.
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